SOC 25-3041 · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations · May 2025
How much do Tutors make in Albuquerque, NM?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tutors in Albuquerque, NM is $36,660. The 10th percentile is $31,910 and the 90th percentile is $60,320. Employment is 160.
Median annual wage
$36,660
- 10th percentile
- $31,910
- 25th percentile
- $36,660
- Median
- $36,660
- 75th percentile
- $44,520
- 90th percentile
- $60,320
- Mean
- $42,210
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Percentile spread
For Tutors, the published 10th percentile is $31,910 and the 90th percentile is $60,320. The difference is $28,410, which is 77.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $36,660 to the 75th at $44,520, covers $7,860.
The mean annual wage is $42,210, which sits above the median of $36,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Albuquerque, NM median is 15.4% lower than the national median of $43,350 for Tutors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,369, which is 11.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is about the same as the New Mexico median of $36,660.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Tutors at $38,369 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Tutors. Albuquerque, NM ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Santa Fe, NM is 39 miles away, with a median of $62,400 and employment of 110. That median is 70.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,179, against $38,369 here.
Employment share
Tutors accounts for 0.04% of wage-and-salary employment in Albuquerque, NM (160 of 404,700). Nationally the occupation is 0.11% of employment (175,070 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.35 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.
Highest-paying jobs in Albuquerque, NM · Tutors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Tutors make in Albuquerque, NM?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Tutors in Albuquerque, NM is $36,660. The 10th percentile is $31,910 and the 90th percentile is $60,320. Employment is 160.
How does that compare with the national median for Tutors?
The local median is 15.4% lower than the national median of $43,350.
What is Tutors pay in Albuquerque, NM after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Albuquerque, NM is 95.546, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,660 is $38,369. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Albuquerque, NM compare with nearby metros for Tutors?
Santa Fe, NM is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 39 miles away, at $62,400. Albuquerque, NM ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.